Cox (Nicholas) (Preface by E.D. Cuming). The Gentleman's Recreation, Hunting. Cresset Press, 1928.
Price: US$58.48 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Edition limited to 650 numbered copies, folding frontispiece pp136, original vellum backed boards, slightly soiled, corners little worn,
Seller: R.E & G.B Way, NEWMARKET, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Cox, Nicholas. The Gentleman's Recreation. The Cresset Press Limited, London, 1928.
Price: US$60.65 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. Limited edition, #534/650. Quarter vellum paper, tan paper boards. xxiv, 136 pp. B&W folding frontis. A few small spots of wear to edges. Some foxing and staining to vellum paper, blue scuff to foot of rear board. Offsetting to last page. Full original title page included after preface: "The Gentleman's Recreation: Or, a Treatise Giving the Best Descriptions for Hunting and Killing all manner of Chases used in England; with the Terms of Art belonging thereunto. Also a short account of some peculiar Beasts not usually Hunted in England."
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
Cox (Nicholas) (Preface by E.D. Cuming). The Gentleman's Recreation, Hunting. Cresset Press, 1928.
Price: US$62.38 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Edition limited to 650 numbered copies, folding frontispiece pp136, original vellum backed boards, good copy in worn dustjacket,
Seller: R.E & G.B Way, NEWMARKET, SUFFO, United Kingdom
COX, Nicholas. The Gentleman's Recreation. Cresset Press, London, 1928.
Price: US$64.98 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: pp xxiv, 136, folding frontis, quarter vellum on boards, teg, faint traces of foxing, mostly at end, dj nicked round edges, half inch tear with small patch lost at bottom of lower panel, getting a bit soiled. An eighteenth century manual on hunting every kind of animal Size: 8vo,
Seller: P.H. Whetman (P.B.F.A.), London, United Kingdom
Price: US$97.47 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited edition of 650 copies, this copy number 110, xxiv, 136 pp., folding illustrated chart of "The Antient Hunting Noats", small tear at joint, original paper board, cloth spine, a few spots on boards, A very nice copy of a good limited edition with a lengthy preface concerning the author and the book Size: 8.5 x 6.75 Ins
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
Cox, Nicholas. GENTLEMAN'S RECREATION, HUNTING.|THE. The Cresset Press, London, 1928.
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Description: 8vo. quarter vellum over paper boards. xxiv, 136 pages. Preface by E. D. Cuming. Limited to 650 numbered copies, this copy being unnumbered, and printed in Monotype Cochin. A fine copy. Reprint of the 1697 fourth enlarged edition (the original edition was 1674), cfGee p. 69. cfHigginson Smith p. 408. cfRobb p. 208. Illustrated with a large foldout frontispiece. Chapters on hunter's terms, dogs, coursing, hunting roe and red deer, hare, badger, otter, fox, wild cats, boar, beaver, elk, the wolf in Ireland, wild goat in Wales, etc. quarter vellum over paper boards
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Price: US$227.42 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Edition limited to 50 copies on Arnold handmade paper, bound in limp vellum, this copy 33, pp136, large folding frontis,
Seller: R.E & G.B Way, NEWMARKET, SUFFO, United Kingdom
COX, Nicholas. The Gentleman's Recreation. The Cresset Press Limited, 1928.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This copy is number 111 and is limited to 650 copies w/ 6-fold chart w/ a preface by E. D. Cuming w/ vellum boards 136 pp. Nicholas Cox The Cresset Press Limited 1928 9" x 7.25"
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.